Archive for the 'Bike Touring' Category


The Trip to Spain

Paris All week, I have been trying to get up and go to bed earlier to slowly move into Spain’s timezone. Yesterday, I got up at 4:30 am congratulating myself on my brilliant plan! Now, 24 hours later in Paris with only 2 hours of sleep, I am doubting the brilliance of my plan. We […]

Off to Spain

In a few hours, Juliette and I will be loading our bike boxes and panniers into the car, driving to the airport and flying off for two glorious weeks riding around southern Spain. Dave & Mari are flying with us, and Jen & Rich are flying down from Sweden to meet us. It has been […]

Home Again

Juliette and I are home safe and sound. We are having a bit of trouble adjusting to the idea of working and snow, but all is well. We both wrote daily about our trip when we were down there, so we will be posting that to the site as we get it typed in. Update: […]

Holguin to Canada

I don’t do tourist very well. I think it is because I am so easily bored. I see other sitting in the cafés all day drinking coffee in the morning, then beer for the rest of the day. They just watch the people come and go. I try it, but I get restless and leave […]

Playa Pesquero to Holguin – 71.5km

We had been planning on staying at the resort until lunch, but we woke up restless and missing our bikes, so we packed our panniers and were on the road for Holguin by 9:30. The ride passed quickly with a tailwind and beautiful scenery. Steep cliff topped mountains dotted the landscape and the terrain rolled […]